For over 40 Years, This Guy Photographed the Same Buildings as he Watched them Decline

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Fern Street, Camden, New Jersey (1979-2014)

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4344 West Madison Ave, Chicago (1981-2014)

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Vyse Avenue, South Bronx, NY (1980-2013)

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And now I cannot recommend more highly that you discover the life’s work of Camilo José Vergara on his website. Flicking through his slides is like time-travelling through forgotten America.

Images via the Library of Congress.

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